2014 League Top 20 Prospects Index

Baseball America has been ranking the top prospects in each minor league since 1982. Every year, we talk to managers and scouts to determine the players in each league who project to be future big league contributors.

Consider this the start of prospect season, which will continue as we will rank the Top 10 Prospects for every organization in print and online, followed by the Top 30 Prospect lists in the Baseball America Prospect Handbook. We’ll wrap up prospect season with our Top 100 Prospects list in February.

To qualify for a league list, starting pitchers need to have 1/3 of an inning for each team game; relievers must have 20 appearances for full-season leagues or 10 appearances in short-season leagues. Hitters must have one plate appearance per team game. Players may qualify for more than one league list, and anyone who was rookie-eligible to begin the season can make a list, even if they exhaust their rookie eligibility during the season.

Subscribers can click the league name to see scouting reports for all 20 ranked prospects and are also able to ask questions about the top 20 in a chat.